Means for weaving ribbons, tapes, bands, and the like



1954 B. P. VOUMARD ET AL 2,670,012

MEANS FOR WEAVING RIBBONS, TAPES, BANDS, AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 30, 1948 9 Sheets-Sheet 1 2 1 I IIIIIIIIIIIIIII/IiII/l INVENTORS1 F 23, 1954 B. P. VOUMARD ET AL 2,670,012

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MEANS FOR WEAVING RIBBONS, TAPES, BANDS, AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 50, 1948 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 J navy/021s fiprzraiydf 'azd Wayward ZlJaZz%er jzenrz' McoZeZ Patented Feb. 23, 1954 MEANS FOR WEAVING RIBBONS, TAPES, BANDS, AND THE LIKE Bertrand Paul Voumard and Walther Henri Nicolet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Application October 30, 1948, Serial No. 57,554

8 Claims. (01. 139-11) The weaving of ribbons and tapes without shuttles, especially of bandages for binding wounds, etc., by means of thread guides as weft inserting means, is known. In order to increase the production of these machines and to utilise the machine elements better, a process has been worked out with which several bands may be woven simultaneously. This process forms the object of the present invention.

'In the accompanying drawings two examples of execution of a device according to the invention, for carrying out the method according to the invention, are illustrated diagrammatica1- ly, in which:

Figs. 1 and 2 show diagrammatically the device for the weaving, in two diiferent working positions;

Figs. 3-13 illustrate diagrammatically the beating-up device in different working positions;

Figs. 14-18 show diagrammatically the positions of the needles in the various working positions; t Figs. 19-24 show details of the inventive strucure.

The device shown in the drawing is built for weaving several bands simultaneously.

For each weaving position a warp I, 2 and means 5, 6 for forming the shed are provided. The shed-forming members 5, 6 form parts of arms 50 and 60, respectively, which are pivotally mounted on pins and BI (Fig. 24), respectively and interconnected by a pin and slot device 52. The arm 60 is provided with a lateral extension 62, and a pin on said extension 62 engages a groove 63 in the side of a disc which is secured to a shaft l9. The groove 63 is circular but disposed eccentrically in relation to the shaft IS.

The common drive of the warp let'off is effected by means known in themselves and not illustrated in the drawing.

On two rails l, 8, which may be formed of tubes, the weft inserting members consisting of the weft-thread guide 8 and the members I01;

and lb are provided for each weaving position.

through a guide l3, Figs. 1 and 2, and then through a small tube 9a of the weft thread guide 9 to the inserting arm l0.

The rails 1, 8 are pivotally connected with. rods H and 8|, respectively, which are pivotally mounted on shafts 12 and 82, respectively. The free end of these rods 12, 82 is provided with a pin engaging a peripheral groove13,'83, respectively, in a drum I4, 84, respectively, and these drums are secured to the shaft [9.

For beating-up the weft'thread, two reeds H and [2 are used, which are arranged on opposite sides of the weaving plane, in such a way that one of them, for instance 12 is guided into the weaving shed from the rear (by rear is meant the position of the warp beam IS) in order to contact the already inserted weft thread and beat it downwards on to the finished fabric, whilst the reed l l working in front of the shed is drawn back during that time and is brought into the position that enables it to enter the shed over the next weft thread, Figs. 1 and 2. The reeds work in such a way that they enter alternately horizontally into the weaving shed, beat the weft thread vertically towards the fabric, withdraw again horizontally out of the shed and rise again into the initial position.

The reeds execute very rapid movements, since they must beat the weft thread on to the fabric as much as possible before the crossing of the warp threads or the changing of the shed. 'QFurther they must be guided very accurately in order that they always enter between the same warp threads. In order to attain this, i. e. rapid movements and reliable weaving without vibration, a device has been created which guides the'reeds very accurately and reliably. For this "purpose the reeds are mounted on light frames." Each of these frames rests on each side on a ball which runs in a groove and serves as sliding and. rotating point for the horizontal and vertical movement of the frame and/or reed. I In order to give this frame a reliable guiding, it has been extended towards the rear and on each of these extensions to the left and to the right a surface has been mounted which in its turn presses against a second surface-mounted on the machine. In order that friction may be as slight as possible, a ball is laid between the fixed surface and the moving surface of the frame. Through this arrangement the frame is guided on the one hand between fixed and sliding surfaces also by means of balls, being held bysprings against the guiding and controlmembers.-;

Fig. 19 shows a side view of the device for'the front reed I l. The ,frame l5 slides forwards and backwards on balls I8 which are disposed between two grooves I 5 and I1, these balls serving at the same time as pivot point for the vertical motion. The reciprocating motion is controlled by the cam I which is driven by the shaft I9; the reciprocating motion is controlled through the lever which is carried on a fixed pivot 2| and is in contact with the cam through the roller 22, whilst at the; otherpendrit is. connected to: the frame throughxtheleven 23. The vertical: motion isicOntrolled by the cam II; through the small lever 25, with which the frame is rigidly connected; Said lever 25 rests through the roller 24 on the cam and is moved by this upwards'and down-- wards around the pivot point of the ball- [-8. On

the extension of the frame lzidalateralguidej 6.

is provided, which presses on: arigidsurfa-ce-of. the machine through the ball 27. The tension spring 28 presses the frame-againstthe'cams.

Figs. 20 and 23 show in a similar wayrtheframe for the rear reed in twosdifierent positions. This .frame issmaller and. is..theref.one .supportedbetween the larger framefor the.fr.ont'.reed'.. Again .the frame hasan extension. to; the rear. with-.latpenal" guiding and' is' controlled by the cams III and in the. same. way as the above described .framezfor. thefrontweftthread- Fig,..21,is a

.vievw from above. of thebearing of the. two. reeds 1;]..and1l2. with. the. frames... Here the rearguides on the machine frame MI by. mean-sot the. run- .ning, surfaces and; ba1ls..26,..26a,. 4i andABo. can heiclearly. seen ..'By the horizontal. movement. of. the railsand ithereby zfifnthe weft ihsertingmeans, the weft l tlireadodoesnotwalways lie at... thev same height for the beating. If..for-insta-nce. thereed will on. the firstparthofithe. weft thread; loop it .must penetrate: into the. shed.. under: that-upper .-.pa.x:t.-.of.- the..loop;, i.: e...not atthe same.v height it would. act on. the: weft; thread which comesdirectly out.of.thewefitgguide 9... The reeds therefore make. .the following momementa; once View round the. firstpart: 'ot l the. thread. loop to -.b.e acted en,-Fig.- ;l.-1-...-.J;I-, once: h-igh-.--penetra-ting above the-secondment. of. theathread 1001);; Fig.

:12. 1-11,;- and once high in: ordertweets-on the simply inserted.wefitthreadfrom the thread igl-lidei 9-,. 1 3 III.

. .3. corresponds. to -Eig,.- 1 seen; i from: the

'hasilaid asleep 14: into the: crossed shed, the: first sideofthe. loop being=heldz bythe: reed k2.':as:soon .as; the. swefitrth-readl. layer 'itfla." has; reached the eiitermostleft end: positionslseecFiga. 4 andFig.

: .Therrithetthre'ad layer: vtiia: goes: :back into .itherinitiali-position. shown in. Fig. During this .:movement; the reed; il I: has ibeeirxraised into" the .aeositiomreadyfforxthe. next "heating: ofthe weft thread- .As .soon.:astheithread layer me has the: shed the: reed H enters the shed-whilst the reed 1.2! withdrawszand lays "itself :on. the rhalf .tof .the:.1oop:-.l"4,--Figs-. 5 and 6-; In jEigs (iii: can: :bea'seen. howreed t] has: brought :the weilttthread againstthezfabric'.

dimming.- the .beatingumovement the shed is changed, e. the crossed shed -(Fig. 2) is-opened rentwthe sfdes 5 and 6 am d-pawn apart. The ;.::shedi-'.isr:now opened, 4 ,and 7, i, esthe-t'wo warp thread systems I and 2 are completely separated from the upper guide I3 (back beam) to the beating position, so that the weft thread guide 9 can insert the weft thread by a lateral movement of the rails 1, Figs. 1 and 3, from the right to the left side.

As soon as the inserted weft thread has been brought by 'theareed t2=1on to=the finished fabric,

.theeshedfisxagain crossed; and. each-.1 inserting arm l0 can now enter the crossed shed from 1 the left side from left to right, and that with the thread inserting means lllb. The reed H .takesrover the -first half of the weft loop, the "threadinserter lob withdraws, after which reed .lrbeatsthesecond half of the loop. During this the shed: is crossed and the weft guide 9 can.again.return from left to right into the initial position Fig; 3. The thread guide therefore goes,- thnough between the two warp thread systems, once from left tozright and once from right to. left,. whilst. the inserting- .arm with itsthrcad layer. inserts. once; into. the. cmssedshed- ,inathe I left. hand fabric strioand. once. into. the-.emssfl shedinthe. right handfabriarin- I By. the. bending of. the. threadtlay rs .mdzan 1.012, somewhat, more weft material; isdnawnu eac timef-romthe bobbin-thanis atter-ward inserte .into. the fabric. Tor'compensaterforthia atsmal lever is providedorver whoserendmheiwettthr a .is. led, andthelever produces.compensatingtension. by meanstof. .an adjustable tension: spr n .Thetension. ofthe. weft .threadmay, however, also be. .adjustedpby a; positive. actin cdeviceg, this case the weft thread runs fromsthea bobbin 4: to the weft thread guide; 9;between ztwmey Between. these vtweeyes; a; v- .;oie.c e'..of felt, is positively controlled, and this at a given mom-entr es- .erts a slight. :pull on. the. wefhthread.or;: :1 aves it free.

.Whilezwith. the device here-described; Wi hao left and to the right of the strip-on1y one hami ean-be woven-,, :but.- seMenaL-bandscanibe woven by fitting several thread guides and inserting amine;

. the device mayalso be-acaizriedout inlszmlraway that, instead. of one band iscvera libands may b woven with the; same..in e tila-gi-armgz; son that much. roomris. sailed-rand. 'thenmachineyclamfims are-batten utilised.

- This happens preferably-when. narrow bands havete; be woven. In orderte-attai thiSn-the thread. layer; for. the: :loops; is -;formed. such. a

way thatit. has a catching-device fior the weft .same.-..arms, the Weft thread layer is; provided with: threeroatching: devices 'wlri-lstzitherailsqtor stheweft: guideymove; three w ft; uideswbetween two weft; thread layers eacnhaving: .reezcatehing devices. The shed building and weft beatin segments. have, from bandto baudintermediate -means:- in. order to. provide OBPOI-T IiiltwfQnthe .thread guides to. come to. 1i&b8$W@,e -II1213Q b nds- In. this. way the. shed building needles can. cros and. therefore form-the..crossed shed,,.-whena thread, guide stands. between the bands.

As an a ple. f such a device,..the followin description is given of the, weaving .oijtw'o, bands with. two thread guides and .tW Weft"th,read layers:

In place of a weft guide which i mountedbetween two weft thread layers, two weftfthread guides 9c and 9b are fixed to the. railsfifi'igre.

The shed-forming members. am; so constructed that the shed forming, se ments receive. rows .01

needles for two bands, Figs. 9' and 14 to 18, as do also the guiding segments Figs. 12 and 13. The weft-thread guides are moved in such a way that the left-hand weft-thread guide 9a comes to lie once at the left of band A and the second weftthread guide 9b comes to lie at the left of band B, i. e. between the two bands in Fig. 9. In this position the weft-thread arm It, which is fixed to the rail 1 moves from left to right into the crossed shed Fig. 10. This arm has two thread;

engaging faces, one at the point and a second in' the middle between the point and the insertingarm (see Fig. 9). When inserting into the left shed (band A) the first face by-passes the weftthread of the left weft-thread guide.

But as soon as the weft-thread layer has passed. through a left shed, the thread engaging face at the point encounters the weft thread of theright-hand weft guide for band B; at the same time the face in the middle encounters the weft. thread of the left-hand weft guide for band A, Fig. 10. The weft-thread layer now simultaneously lays two weft-thread loops into adjoining sheds for bands A and B (Fig. 11). The beating of the two weft loops against the fabric takes place as in the case of the device for one band, only that the beating device has two rows of needles instead of only one.

After the left weft-thread layer has returned into the initial position, Fig. 12, the shed changes 1 and the two thread weft guides 9a and 9b are led from the left to the right side of the two sheds, whereby the single weft thread is inserted into each band, Fig. 13. When these two weft threads have been beaten up the shed is again crossed and now the right-hand weft-thread layer enters from the right into the two adjoined sheds. The thread engaging face at the point of the arm again goes past the first weft thread and comes on to the weft thread of the weft guide in the middle for band A whilst the second face takes hold of the right weft thread for band B. In this manner two weft loops are now inserted from the right into the two adjoining sheds. After the usual beating up, the weft-thread layer returns into the initial position, the upper sides of the two weft-thread loops are again beaten up, the crossed shed is opened, and the two thread guides are again brought from left to right through the open shed.

In order that the weft threads may be caught or held with certainty by the thread engaging faces of the weft-thread layers, the faces and the position of the weft guides are staggered. As can be seen from the downward view in Fig. 14, the weft-thread. layer at the left has a thread engaging face to the rear at the point (the front is where the weaver stands and the rear where the warp beam lies), and a second face in the middle of the thread layer towards the front; the righthand weft-thread layer has the face on the point towards the front and the second face in the middle of the thread layer towards the rear. The left-hand weft-thread guide for band A is fixed to the rail 8 in such a way that it lies towards the front and the second weft-thread guide for the band B towards the rear.

The left-hand weft guide 9a or weft thread 311 consequently lies in the path of the front face, and the right-hand weft guide 91) or weft thread 31) in the path of the rear face, Fig. 14. If new the two weft guides are at the left of bands A and B, and th left-hand weft-thread layer the rear and the thread guide is arranged to the towards the rear.

,front. But as soon as the layer has reached the middle of the two bands the face at the top, which is at the rear, meets the weft thread 31) of the weft guide 9b. At this moment, Fig. 15, the weftthread layer 9a with the face at the top consequently takes hold of the weft thread 3b, and the facein the middle which lies towards the front takes hold of the weft-thread to from the lefthand weft guide which also lies towards the front. Now the weft-thread layer Illa lays a loop from leftto right into each of the bands A and B, Fig. 16. The two first loops are caught by the reed as already described, the thread layer returns into its initial position, Fig. 1'7, the second part of the thread loops is beaten up and during this operation the shed is crossed. The two weft guides move from left to right through the opened sheds, Fig. 18. After the two inserted weft threads have been beaten up in the bands A and B, the sheds are crossed and the thread layer now moves from right to left into the sheds. This time the thread layer lOb has the face at the top to the front and the face in the middle towards the rear, whilst the thread guide Qa. always lies towards the front and the thread guide 9b always towards the rear. If therefore, thread layer [0b moves into the first shed from right to left, it passes the first weft thread, since it has the face towards the front and this weft guide lies toward the rear. In the middle between bands A and B it then moves on to the weft guide of the left-hand fabric and. the face in the middle of the thread layer, which is directed to the rear, takes hold of the weft thread for band B, which is also lying At this moment the thread layer inserts, from right to left, two weft loops into the bands A and B. After the usual beating up and crossing of the shed, the thread guides return to their initial position and the operation can start again from the beginning.

What we claim is:

1. In a device for weaving fabric bands, by the use of two warp systems, means for inserting the weft thread into the warp including a weftthread guide and weft-inserting members, means for forming the shed including two reeds for beating up the weft thread, and rails on which said weft-thread guides and said weft-inserting members are mounted, the said rails being separately movable in the direction transverse to the warp.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1 for the simultaneous weaving of two adjacent fabric bands, including a T-shaped weft-thread inserting arm with two inserting members arranged between each two adjacent weaving positions in such a manner that the said arm is adapted to insert the weft thread alternately into one of the two adjacent fabric bands.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, in which the rails are arranged between the two warp thread systems, and sliding rollers mounted on ball bearings for supporting said rails.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1 for the simultaneous weaving of two adjacent fabric bands, including a T-shaped weft-thread inserting arm with two inserting members arranged between each two adjacent weaving positions in such a manner that the said arm is adapted to insert the weft thread alternately into one of the two adjacent fabric bands, the inserting arms being provided with thread engaging faces adapted to engage and hold several weft threads simultaneously and insert them into the shed.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1 for the simultaneous weaving of two adjacent fabric bands, including a T-shaped weft-thread inserting arm w'itntwo inserting'rmembers :arranged' between BQCH 'tWG adjacent Weaving positions in" "Sliflh' a manner that'thesaidarm: is adapted t6 insert" the weffi'thread alternately into one of the two adjacentif-abric bands," the inserting armsbeing prov ided with thread engaging facegadaptedto engage and hold several'weft threads simultaneously andinsert' them into the shed, said Weft thread engaging faces "being arranged in stepsand-"m staggered relation'on said arms.

6. device as 'claimed' in claim 1, incl'uding two reeds" supported opposite to each other, the said reeds being employed for beatingupthe weft thread; 'm'ean's' for moving said reedshorizontally as' -well as vertically and for inserting the" same into theshed at different heighta the height at which th'e' -reed' penetrates into the shed at a'ny time beingn'eterminedby the-position of the weft thread present in the shed, each reed being mounted'on a'i'ram'e, balls supporting said frame, and cams controlling the movement- 01 saidframe.

==7;- In-'a device for weaving'fabric-bands by the use'of two warp "systems, means for insertingthe weft thread into I the warp including a -weftthre'ad'guide and weft-insertingmembersi means for fomiingthe shed including two reeds for beating up'the' Weft-thread, rails on which said weftthread guidesand said weft-inserting'mem- :b'ers are mounted, th'e said rail's being separately movable in the directiontransverse to the warp, 'sai-d two reeds being'supp'orted opposite-to each other," means for moving said reeds horizontally as well asvertically and for inserting the same 'into the 'shedat'different heights, the height at which the'r'eed penetrates into the "shed at any time" beingdetermined' by the position of the we'ft thread present in the shed, each reed being mounted on a fame; balls suppo'rting saidframe, camscontrolling "the I movement 'of-said frame,

I guiding.

bers are mounted, the said rails being separately movable in'the direction "transverse to the warp, said two reeds being supported opposite to each other, means for moving said reeds horizontally as 'well'asvertically and forinserting thesame into the 'shed at different heights, the height'at whichthereed penetrates intothe' shed at any time being determined by the positionof-fthe weft-thread present in the shed, each reed'being mounted on a frame, balls'supporting said frame, camsc'ontrolling the movement of said "frame, and an extension on said'frame provided with two sliding surfaces which press against two stationarysurfaces and give the frame apositive BERTRAND PAUL VOUMARD. WALTHER HENRI NICOLET.

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